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Digital Collections

This guide will help you navigate Special and Digital Collections' digital repository.

Explore Collections

From the Special and Digital Collections page, scroll down to the Browse Our Digital Collections section and click Search Digital Collections. This will take you to Digital Auraria.

          Website section for Browse Our Digital Collections with an arrow pointing towards Search Digital Collections

Then, select Explore in the top right corner or View All Collections beneath the search bar. This will take you to a list of Digital Collections and Scholarly Works.

          Digital Auraria page with an arrow pointing towards Explore in the upper right corner

Click the Digital Collections drop-down and select which collection you would like to browse.

Explore Collections page with a list of Auraria Library's Digital Collections

Collection Pages

Here is an example of one of our collection pages. You should see a summary, followed by a list of items within the collection.

The top section of the Duncan-Stoddard correspondence collection page, including a collection summary and collection items

You can sort these items by the year they were published, in ascending or descending order.

        Sorting filter for collection pages, including Date published ascending and Date published descending

Each collection item can be viewed on its own page. Here, you can view or download the material and view its descriptive information. Click on the material's filename to view the material. Documents will open in a pop-up in a new window, and images will show up in a viewer. If the image does not load, it is suggested that you download the image for viewing utilizing the download button beside each file.

Collection item page for Duncan-Stoddard correspondence collection, titled Correspondence 1, from Uselma to Sarah